AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT launch brought forward to May 18th
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Radeon RX 9070 GRE pushed back to Q4

According to a fresh leak, it appears that AMD is bringing the launch of its Radeon RX 9060 XT graphics forward to May 18th. The same source also suggests that the Radeon RX 9070 GRE is also pushed back to Q4.

Zombie RX 6500 staggers into 2025
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Wednesday, 23 April 2025 11:00

Zombie RX 6500 staggers into 2025


Reanimated Navi 24 silicon haunts budget builds like it’s 2022

Chinese outfit Zephyr has dug up a ghost from AMD’s bargain bin past—the Radeon RX 6500, a budget GPU that reaks of stale silicon and disapointment. 

AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 GRE leaks
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Tuesday, 22 April 2025 10:32

AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 GRE leaks


Trimmed-down cores and memory cuts, but pushes clocks hard

Specs for AMD’s upcoming Radeon RX 9070 GRE—short for "Great Radeon Edition," —have slipped out ahead of its official reveal, and it’s shaping up to fill the void between the RX 9070 and the RX 9060 XT.

AMD preps RDNA 4 for pro cards with rumoured Navi 48 XTW
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Radeon PRO W9000 series may feature 32 GB workstation

AMD might have ghosted the high-end gaming crowd with its RDNA 4 consumer GPUs, but workstation users could be getting something meatier.

Intel’s Arc B580 budget GPU has a big old problem
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Performs well on new chips, tanks on older ones

The Arc B580 might be Chipzilla’s best foot forward in the GPU value game, with Tom’s Hardware calling it the $249 champ, but budget gamers hoping to slot it into their ageing rigs might be in for a nasty surprise.

Chipzilla eyes GDDR7 for future Arc GPUs
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Monday, 21 April 2025 10:47

Chipzilla eyes GDDR7 for future Arc GPUs


Intel’s desktop GPU comeback might finally be serious

Just when it looked like Chipzilla was having a snooze in the graphics race a job posting has revealed it is installing  GDDR7 memory for its upcoming Arc GPUs.

AMD’s RX 9070 XT clobbers RTX 5080 in sales
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RDNA 4 continues steamrolling as NVIDIA struggles with stock, pricing

AMD's RDNA 4 cards are on an absolute tear, with the Radeon RX 9070 XT outselling NVIDIA’s RTX 5080 by a staggering ten to one margin at MindFactory — one of the EU’s biggest component retailers.

Intel sells 51 percent of Altera
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 17:04

Intel sells 51 percent of Altera


Tan's first big move

Intel Corporation's new CEO Lip-Bu Tan's first big move was to sell 51 percent of Altera to SilverLake at an $8.75 billion valuation. The company still retains 49 percent. Intel acquired Altera in 2015 for approximately $16.7 billion.

AMD Venice 2nm TSMC taped out
Published in PC Hardware
Tuesday, 15 April 2025 16:57

AMD Venice 2nm TSMC taped out


EPYC 5th Gen 3nm manufacturing in TSMC Arizona

AMD has made an important announcement regarding its EPYC data center CPUs. The company confirmed the successful tape-out of its CPU codenamed "Venice," which is part of the EPYC line.

AMD bags new supercomputing record
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Monday, 14 April 2025 10:45

AMD bags new supercomputing record


Frontier supercomputer flexes Instinct MI250X muscle

AMD ran a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation using its Instinct MI250X accelerators and EPYC processors on the Frontier supercomputer, slicing runtimes from nearly 40 hours to just 90 minutes -- more than 25 times faster.